It is not unlikely for someone to claim that the name Ypsilantis originates from an ancestor of a great family, who descended from the Highland Scots... who settled in the East and wrote their surname in a more Greek manner.

Who will search for the etymology of the name and where will they find information about a village called Ypsili in Pontus? Of course, there is also the village of Ypsilantis in Boeotia and the city of Ypsilanti in the state of Michigan, USA, but these names arose due to the exploits of Demetrios Ypsilantis during the Greek Revolution.

This book includes some paradoxes, which sometimes raise questions and at other times go unnoticed. Often, they arise from the attempt to interpret some random element or incident. But the identification of coincidences is also interesting, as well as the attempt to embellish names that have emerged from unacceptable situations or undesirable characteristics. To these, let us add some writing slips.

In any case, there may also be a simpler, more natural explanation... What follows is a small contribution to the search for the peculiar.